Smoking out, vaping in: A new CDC report offers cause for optimism
Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Results of an annual assessment of various health-related behaviors among U.S. adults. Tobacco control advocates have reason to celebrate. Adult smoking rates are at record lows, and young adult smoking rates are nearly non-existent in some states. Only 12.1% […]
NHS England hopes to save thousands of lives with pill that helps smokers quit | Smoking
Hundreds of thousands of smokers are set to be given a drug to improve their chances of quitting, with NHS chiefs believing it will save thousands of lives. Approximately 85,000 people a year will be offered access to varenicline in the UK. Varenicline is a once-daily pill that experts say is just as effective as […]
NYC gas blast leaves 5 hurt, smoking crater and noxious fumes
A gas line exploded in the Bronx on Sunday, leaving a smoking pit and toxic fumes, injuring five people and sending panicked churchgoers fleeing into the streets. More than 100 emergency personnel responded to the scene near Bedford Park Boulevard and Decatur Avenue in Bedford Park, authorities said. Witnesses told amNewYork that foul-smelling smoke drove […]
FACT CHECK: Fake Photo Of J.D. Vance Smoking On Couch Shared On Social Media
Posts Share on social media The photo reportedly shows vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance sitting on a couch smoking a cigarette. What am I looking at? pic.twitter.com/s5OX1gl2BA — Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) September 6, 2024 Verdict: False Image has been digitally altered. Fact check: Ron Howard, director of the film adaptation of Senator J.D. Vance's […]
Starmer Confirms Gov’t Considering Smoking Ban in Outdoor Spaces
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday confirmed reports that the government is considering plans to ban smoking in outdoor spaces such as pub gardens in a patronage-style intervention. The new left-wing Labour government said it had drawn up plans to ban smoking and e-cigarettes outdoors, including in pub gardens, outside nightclubs, shisha bars, restaurant […]
Florida GOP lawmaker wants to ban smoking on streets, but supports legalizing weed
A Republican Florida senator who supports legalizing marijuana has introduced a bill that would ban smoking on the streets. State Sen. Joe Gruters announced the possibility of the bill during an online press conference Thursday, saying he wants to ban all types of smoking and vaping in public places to improve the environment and quality […]
Smoking gun or SETUP? Is FBI LYING about Iran’s Trump plot?
A Pakistani national has been charged with “soliciting murder” in connection with an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump. According to the detention memo, a 46-year-old man named Asif Merchant spent time in Iran before flying from Pakistan to the United States to recruit hit men, but the person he contacted was a […]
How bureaucracy stalls the battle against smoking
The latest statistics on e-cigarettes in the United States highlight the changing tobacco landscape, with e-cigarette use increasing and smoking declining. However, FDA regulations have not kept pace with these market changes, particularly in allowing safer alternatives to smoking to come to market. FDA’s regulatory process is limiting harm reduction options for American adults and […]
Did Kamala LIE to Charlamagne tha God about smoking to Snoop
Vice President Kamala Harris presents herself as a woman who used to smoke marijuana and listen to Tupac and Snoop Dogg. But was that really the case? During an infamous interview on “The Breakfast Club” in 2019, Charlaman Tha God asked the now-vice president, “Do you smoke?” “Yes,” she told him, “and then I took […]
Olympic Gymnast Withdraws From Competition After Drinking Some Booze, Smoking A Little
Japan Gymnastics Association Secretary-General Kenji Nishimura said at a July 19 press conference that 19-year-old Miyata Shoko, captain of Japan’s Olympic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Olympics on Friday due to allegations of smoking and drinking. CNN reported that Miyata’s actions violated the Japan Gymnastics Association’s (JGA) code of conduct. report. “Both sides held discussions […]